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"word": "slick as a whistle"
}
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"3": "slicke"
},
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},
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*sleyǵ-",
"t": "to glide, smooth, spread"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sluik"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sleek",
"t": "even, smooth"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
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"t": "sleek, smooth"
},
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},
{
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"t": "to make sleek, smooth, or glossy"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”),\nfrom Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”).",
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{
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]
},
{
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"superlative"
]
}
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}
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"pos": "adj",
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{
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{
"text": "This rain is making the roads slick.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The top coating of lacquer gives this finish a slick look.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "His large round head was shaved slick.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances."
],
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],
[
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"smooth"
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],
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "plǎzgav",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "плъзгав"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kluzký"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "liukas"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "glissant"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "glitschig"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "sdrucciolevole"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "viscido"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gito-gito na",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "ギトギトな"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuru-tsuru na",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "つるつるな"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "slidens"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skólʹzkij",
"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "ско́льзкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "kĺzky"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
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"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "šmykľavý"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "resbaladizo"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
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"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "kaygan"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 1 1 1 1 6",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "slippery due to a covering of liquid",
"word": "slic"
}
]
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{
"text": "They read all kinds of slick magazines.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Appearing expensive or sophisticated."
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[
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "lǎskav",
"sense": "appearing expensive or sophisticated",
"word": "лъскав"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appearing expensive or sophisticated",
"word": "gekonnt"
},
{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appearing expensive or sophisticated",
"word": "ustaca"
}
]
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{
"text": "That new sales rep is slick. Be sure to read the fine print before you buy anything.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian",
"text": "The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad: in one characteristically slick and chilling Isis video – entitled “a message to the Jordanian tyrant” – a smiling, long-haired young man in black pats the explosive belt round his waist as he burns his passport and his fellow fighters praise the memory of Zarqawi, who was killed in Iraq in 2006.",
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}
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"Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy."
],
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"untrustworthy",
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]
],
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"_dis1": "2 1 87 5 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povǎrhnosten",
"sense": "superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy",
"word": "повърхностен"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 5 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy",
"word": "lipevä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 5 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy",
"word": "schlau"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 5 2 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy",
"word": "lippiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 5 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy",
"word": "falso"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 5 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skólʹzkij",
"sense": "superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy",
"word": "ско́льзкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 5 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xítryj",
"sense": "superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy",
"word": "хи́трый"
},
{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy",
"word": "kurnazca"
}
]
},
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Personality",
"orig": "en:Personality",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
],
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{
"text": "Our new process for extracting needles from haystacks is extremely slick.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "That was a slick move, locking your keys in the car.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55",
"text": "I leave the train at Salisbury, where (in a very slick operation) another two-car set is added to the front of the train before it heads for London.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Clever, making an apparently hard task easy."
],
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],
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"(often sarcastic) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy."
],
"tags": [
"often",
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],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izkusen",
"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "изкусен"
},
{
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"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "näppärä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 3 89 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "taitava"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 3 89 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "scaltro"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 3 89 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lóvkij",
"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "ло́вкий"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 3 89 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xítryj",
"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "хи́трый"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 3 89 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "úmnyj",
"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "у́мный"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 3 89 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "astuto"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 3 89 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "clever, making an apparently hard task easy",
"word": "akıllıca"
}
]
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"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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{
"text": "That is one slick bicycle: it has all sorts of features!",
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}
],
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"Extraordinarily great or special."
],
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],
[
"special",
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]
],
"qualifier": "West Coast slang",
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special."
],
"tags": [
"US"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 0 3 2 92 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extraordinarily great or special",
"word": "raffiniert"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 3 2 92 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "extraordinarily great or special",
"word": "schlau"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 3 2 92 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "extraordinarily great or special",
"word": "schyst"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 3 2 92 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "extraordinarily great or special",
"word": "kurnazca"
}
]
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"Sleek; smooth."
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[
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[
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪk"
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"word": "big slick"
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{
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"word": "little slick"
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{
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"word": "oil slick"
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{
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sluik"
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"expansion": "Dutch sluik",
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "sleek",
"t": "even, smooth"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "slíkr",
"t": "sleek, smooth"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
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"t": "to make sleek, smooth, or glossy"
},
"expansion": "Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”),\nfrom Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”).",
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{
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{
"text": "Careful in turn three — there's an oil slick on the road.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The oil slick has now spread to cover the entire bay, critically endangering the sea life.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"A covering of liquid, particularly oil."
],
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"links": [
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"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marea negra"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "slijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"word": "öljyläikkä"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"word": "öljylautta"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"word": "läikkä"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"word": "lautta"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nappe"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schlick"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ölschlick"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ölteppich"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leo"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gireumtti",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"word": "기름띠"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razliv",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "разлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pjatnó",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пятно́"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pljónka",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "плёнка"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A covering of liquid, particularly oil",
"tags": [
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"ref": "2019, Chris van der Vegt, \"The Second Genders: Utopia and Dystopia in Stranger Things Omegaverse Fanfiction\", thesis submitted to Utrecht University, page 23",
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